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78 TEXAS ALMANAC.-1952-1953.
100 Years of Population Gr&wth by Texas Cities, 1850-1950.-(Continued.)
City- 1 1850. I 1860. I 1870. I 1880. 1 1890. I 1900. I 1910. I 1920. 1930. I 1940. 1 1950.San Marcos .
San Saba........
Seagraves .......
Seguin...........
Seminole ........
Seymour ........
Shamrock ........
Sherman ..........
Silsbee ..........
Sinton ......... ..
Slaton
Smithville .......
Snyder ..........
Sonora...
South Houston .
T South San Antonio
Stamford ......
Stephenville .
Sulphur Springs
Sweetwater .
Taft ..........
Tahoka .........
Taylor ........
Teague .......
Temple .......
Terrell .........
Terrell Hills ...
+fTexarkana .
Texas City ...
Tulia ...
Tyler .
University Park
Uvalde ..
Vernon .
Victoria
Waco ....
Waxahachie .
Weatherford
Wellington
Weslaco .
West Univ. Place .
Wharton .
White Settlement
Wichita Falls ..
Wink . .... ..
Winters.....
Yoakum ......
Yorktown . .....$1,024
*1.401
fi175l*792
..
+2,500
71,823?7411
t830
...
1,439
t2,500
3,008
.1,232
1,363
6,093
...
1,854
2,003
1,833
2,423
7,295
.
.
1.354
2,046I ____ _ ____
2,335
1,716
7,335
616
...
909
3,038
614
2,584
4,047
2,988
2,8521
6,908
1,265
2.857
3,046
14.445
3,076
3,369
1,987
1,745
5222,292
2,421
10,243
2,577
1,...902
3,635
670
4,211
7,065
6,330
5,256
8,069
1,889
1,993
4,010
20,686
4.215
4,786
2.480
3,499
846____ _ __
4,071
3,116
2,029
12,412
3.167
2,514
3,902
2,561
5,151
4,176
5,314
3,288
10,993
7,050
9,790
1,216
10,400
3,998
3,195
3,673
26,425
6,205
5,074
576
1,505
8,200
1,347
4,657
1,180.4,527
2,011
3,631
2,121
1,227
15,031
1,058
1,525
3,204
2,179
1,009
...
3,704
3,891
5,558
4,307
786
5,965
3,306
11,033
8,349
11,480
2,509
1,189
12,085
3,885
5,142
5,957
38,500
7,958
6,203
1,968
2,346
40,079
1,509
6,184
1,723*Census of incorporated towns of Texas taken in 1858 by assessors and collectors in each county.
tFederal census of western part of Texas for 1870, as given in Texas Almanac for 1871
$An estimate of that date,
iNot reported.
UPelly, Goose Creek and Baytown were merged in 1947 and the single community was given the name
of the latter-Baytown Baytown was unincorporated prior to this merger and did not show in any pre-
vious census. However, Pelly and Goose Creek were previously incorporated, hence the census figures for
them in 1930 and 1940.
ttlncluded Huntsville prison population.
+$$Figures include the population min Texas only, the population of the city including the part in
Arkansas was 27,366 in 1930; in 1940 it was 28,840; min 1950 it was 40.490. The ratio of Texas-Arkansas
population has been approximately the same For example, it was 1,883 in 1880, including Texas' part
only. and 3,223 including the part in Arkansas
Mi South San Antonio annexed to San Antonio min 1944.U.S. POPULATION, 1790-1950
Table below shows population of continental
United States for each decennial census from
1790 to 1950. The first decennial census by the
Federal Government was taken in 1790.
Increase Over
Population Preceding Pop.
Continental Census Sq
Year- U.S. No Pct\ Mi.
1790 ....... 3,929,214 ...... ... 4.5
1800 ........ 5,308,483 1.379,269 35.1 6.1
1810 ....... 7,239,881 1.931,398 36.4 4.3
1820 ....... 9,638,4531 2,398,572 33.1 5.5
1830 12,866,020 3,227,567 33.5 7.3
1840 ... ....17,069,453 4,203,433 32.7 9.7
1850 .. ..... 23,191,876 6,122,423 35.9 7.9
1860 ....... 31,443,321 8,251,445 35.6 10.6
1870 ....... *39,818,449 *8,375,128 26.6 13.4
1880 .....a 50,155,783 *10,337,334 30.1 16.9
1890 ....... 62,947,714 12,791,931 25.5 21.2
1900 ...... 75,994,575 13,046,861 20.7 25.6
1910 ..... 91,972,266 15,977,691 21.0 30.9
1920 ...... 105,710,620 13,738,354 14.9 35.5
1930 122,775,046 17,064,426 16.1 41.3
1940 ...... 131,669.275 8,894,229 7.2 44.3
1950 ... 150,697,361 19,028,086 14.5 50 6
*Revised figures of Census Bureau.UNITED STATES TERRITORIES AND
POSSESSIONS
Population of United States territories and
possessions is given below, according to the
census of 1950, with comparative figures for
1940. Figures for Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto
Rico are final. Those for the Canal Zone. Vir-
gin Islands, Guam and American Samoa are
preliminary and subject to revision.
Population
Area-
35 1
Alaska* ..... 128,643 72,524 56,119 77.4
Hawaii . .. 499,794 423,330 76,464 18.1
Puerto Ricu 2,210,703 1,869,255 341,448 18 3
Canal Zone ... 52,300 51,827 4731 0 9
Virgin Islands ... 26,654 24,889 1,765 7.1
Guam ... 58,754 22,290 36,464163.6
American Samoa 18.6021 , 12,908 5,6941 441
*The 1950 census of Alaska was taken as of
April 1. However, the censuses- of 1940 and 1930
were taken as of Oct. 1 the preceding year.5,134
2,240
505
5,225
2,626
3,780
15,713
1,852
3,876
3,296
3,008
1,942
612
2,708
4,095
3,994
5,417
10,848
1,792
1,620
7,463
3,509
15,34i
8,795
16,602
3,534
2,202
17,113
4,200
5,286
9,137
7,421
52,848
8,042
4,912
3,570
4,879
1,322
2,691
43,690
3,963
2,423
5,656
1,8826,006
2,927
3,225
7,006
1,761
3,328
3,123
17,156
2,525
3,770
3,587
3,100
3,815
2,528
982
4,810
4,768
6,742
10,367
2,686
2,129
7,875
3,517
15,344
10,481
1,236
17,019
5,748
2,055
28,279
14,458
6,679
9.277
11,566
55,982
8,655
5,924
3,308
6,883
9,2211
4,3861
45,112
1,945
2,335,
4,7331
2,0819,961
3,390
2,090
9,696
3,480
3,778
3,326
20,073
3,178
4,270
5,040
3,381
12,012
2,635
4,116
5,806
7,065
8,994
13,580
2,985
2,831
9,083
2,908
24,970
11,553
2,702
24,657
16,577
3,167
38,864
23,823
8,659
12.684
16,102
84,300
11,196
8,053
3,669
7,487
17,053
4,456
10,836
67,709
1,523
2.671
5,225
2,596
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